These tools are perfect for helping students research and visualize historical concepts.

*CMCSS teachers and Technology Integration Coaches are using the free versions of these tools.

Click the name of the tool for a link to the website for the tool if applicable.

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Crash Course Youtube Playlists

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Available for Economics, Psychology, U.S. History and Politics,
World History.
Playlists consist of up to 40 videos focused on a particular topic.

No account required

Teacher - Staff Wi-fi, Projector
Student - will not be able to access
from school on Student Wi-fi


GeaCron
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See the World Map or
Timeline for any year

No account required

Teacher - Computer, Projector
Student - Computer











Global Flow of People
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Explore new estimates of migration flows between and within
regions for five-year periods, 1990 to 2010. Click on a region to
discover flows country-by-country

No account required

Teacher - Computer, Projector
Student - Computer











Orbis


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ORBIS is a novel resource for the study of the ancient world.
This page hosts academic work that has been inspired and
supported by the model.
The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
reconstructs the time cost and financial expense associated
with a wide range of different types of travel in antiquity.
The model is based on a simplified version of the giant network
of cities, roads, rivers and sea lanes that framed movement across
the Roman Empire. It broadly reflects conditions around 200 CE but
also covers a few sites and roads created in late antiquity.

No account required

Teacher - Computer, Projector
Student - Computer or tablet











Pantheon

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MIT Media Lab project PantheonYou can discover who the most famous people from modern-day
nations are, or browse the most influential people in a number of
categories – politicians, composers, scientists, or pretty much anything.
The site ranks the most influential people in history and provides information
about them and as well as insight into cultural influences.
To really oversimplify, this project uses Wikipedia links to determine who the
most influential people in history are (read the full methodology here).

No account required

Teacher - Computer, Projector
Student - Computer